5:45 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese officials postponed the start of the 12-team professional baseball league season on Monday because of the spread of the coronavirus. The season was to open on March 20. Japan’s professional league had been playing its preseason games without fans because of the virus. “I personally believe that
Month: March 2020
9:00 AM ET CHICAGO — There’s a stoppage of play during the first period of Sunday night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues, and Chicago players are parting way for Kendall Coyne Schofield to get an interview with coach Jeremy Colliton. Coyne Schofield has only a few seconds to get to Colliton,
1:19 AM ET San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture was struck in the side of the head by a puck in the first period of Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in San Jose and did not return. Timo Meier, Couture’s teammate, fired a shot that changed direction when it hit Colorado forward J.T.
5:19 PM ET Watch a replay of today’s show here. Israel Adesanya heard the boobirds for the first time in his UFC career on Saturday night as his middleweight title defense versus Yoel Romero fell short of expectations. “One hundred percent, the weirdest fight I’ve ever been a part of,” Adesanya said Monday on Ariel
11:16 PM ET DALLAS — Luka Doncic typically takes a shower before fulfilling his postgame media obligations, but he waited in full uniform for reporters to enter the Dallas Mavericks‘ locker room after Sunday night’s 112-109 loss to the Indiana Pacers. After his complaints to the referees didn’t receive the desired response, Doncic wanted to
10:04 PM ET This week’s BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Southern California has been canceled because of the coronavirus, the tournament announced on Sunday. “We are very disappointed that the tournament will not take place, but the health and safety of the local community, fans, players, volunteers, sponsors, employees, vendors, and everyone involved with
10:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics woke up on Feb. 29 feeling great about the state of their season. They sat tied in the loss column with the Toronto Raptors for second place in the Eastern Conference, and they had won 14 of their past 17 games. Now, just nine days
7:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — It started most mornings over the summer around 3:30 a.m. No matter if he was at the gym he had built for himself on the set of Space Jam 2 at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, or at the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility in El Segundo,
3:31 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Coach Justin Langer says there is no opportunity to rest his weary senior players with each series as important as the next as Australia continue to search for their best T20I and ODI combinations. Australia travelled home from South Africa on Sunday after being trounced 3-0 in the ODI series.
10:00 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Elvis Merzlikins will make his return in goal Sunday night against the Canucks in Vancouver, British Columbia, coach John Tortorella announced. Merzlikins, a surprise standout this season for the Blue Jackets who has the most shutouts among rookie goalies, has been out since Feb. 24 with a concussion.